SAN DIEGO – A child pornographer was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison for creating sexually explicit videos of three girls – ages 3, 5 and 7 – who attended a San Diego daycare operated by his girlfriend’s family, officials said.
William Howard Michael, 24, pleaded guilty in September 2014 to three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, according to officials.
In his plea agreement, he admitted videotaping each girl’s genitalia in three separate instances in 2013 and early 2014. One video was recorded when the 7-year-old was in his care.
In the videos, Michael’s voice can be heard or one of his hands is seen removing a child’s clothing and posing her for the camera.
U.S. District Judge William Q. Hayes also ordered Michael to serve a lifetime of supervision following his release, officials said.